Poloxamers are a family of polypropylene oxide (PPO) and polyethylene oxide (PEO) tri-block copolymers that are usually employed in the micro- and nanoparticulate engineering for drug delivery systems. The aim of this work is to study the electrophoretic mobility (mu(e)) and colloidal stability of complexes formed by adsorbing a poloxamer (Pluronic F68) onto poly(d,l-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (P...

A new analytical method has been developed for the quantitative determination of ethylene glycol-containing nonionic surfactants, such as polyethylene glycol 8000, polysorbate 80, and Pluronic F-68. These surfactants are commonly used in pharmaceutical protein preparations, thus, testing in the presence of protein is required. This method is based on the capillary gas chromatographic analysis o...

The purpose of this research is to formulate and evaluate the suitability of pluronic lecithin organogels containing flurbiprofen for topical application. Four formulations were developed using flurbiprofen, lecithin, Pluronic F127, isopropyl palmitate, water, sorbic acid and potassium sorbate were coded as FL1, FL2, FL3 and FL4. All the formulations carried 30% w/w of lecithin phase and 70% w/...

Pluronic/bile salt/phospholipid mixed micelles (Pluronic/BS/PS-MM) drug carrier system for solubilization hydrophobic drugs was developed. A typical hydrophobic compound, pyrene, was selected as a representative hydrophobic compound to model the hydrophobic drugs. Five Pluronics, F68, F88, F98, F108, and F127 with different PPO chain length were studied. CMC data and solubilization capacities w...

We examined the effects of vitamin C in Pluronic F127 on diabetic wound healing. Full-thickness excision skin wounds were made in normal and diabetic Wistar rats to evaluate the effect of saline, saline plus vitamin C (antioxidant sol), Pluronic F127, or Pluronic F127 plus vitamin C (antioxidant sol-gel). The rate of wound contraction, the levels of epidermal and dermal maturation, collagen syn...

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences / Volume 23 / Issue 02 / June 2014, pp 123 127 DOI: 10.1017/S2045796014000080, Published online: 27 February 2014 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S2045796014000080 How to cite this article: F. Kigozi and J. Ssebunnya (2014). The multiplier role of psychiatrists in low income settings . Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 23, ...

The influence of morphology and surface properties on the therapeutic efficacy of degradable polymeric microparticles has not been well understood. One of the primary reasons for this is the limited ability to fabricate microparticles with controlled morphology and surface properties. Here, we report the electrospraying of blends of Pluronic(®) with poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) as a novel,...

Streptococcus mutans is the primary causative agent of dental caries, one of the most prevalent diseases in the United States. Previously published studies have shown that Pluronic-based tooth-binding micelles carrying hydrophobic antimicrobials are extremely effective at inhibiting S. mutans biofilm growth on hydroxyapatite (HA). Interestingly, these studies also demonstrated that non-binding ...

* Corresponding Author Email: [email protected] Common cancer therapeutics suffer from serious drawbacks such as multidrug resistance and off target effects. These problems would lead to reduced patient compliance and low survival rates. There is an urgent need for more effective therapeutics for treatment of cancers patients. Pluronic based nano-particulate systems are innovative platforms f...